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Social Justice Symposium: Creating and Learning about PSAs
Language Arts, Social Studies, ADST, Social Justice, Hands On Learning, Core Competencies, Student Voice Melissa Salter Language Arts, Social Studies, ADST, Social Justice, Hands On Learning, Core Competencies, Student Voice Melissa Salter

Social Justice Symposium: Creating and Learning about PSAs

We spent one intense week making TWO PSAs: one visual and one video. The kids learned all about public service announcements and used what they had learned about social justice topics to make PSAs for a student audience. We also made a Kahoot! to test our knowledge after watching and reading all of the PSAs.

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Picture Books Part 7: Activities Inspired by Anchor Texts
Hands On Learning, Loose Parts, Language Arts, Picture Book Series, Core Competencies, Cross Curricular Melissa Salter Hands On Learning, Loose Parts, Language Arts, Picture Book Series, Core Competencies, Cross Curricular Melissa Salter

Picture Books Part 7: Activities Inspired by Anchor Texts

Do you like to use picture books to explore identity/core Competencies? This post will give you two activities you can use after reading Count of Me by Migeul Tanco or I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes. Both activities are hands-on and one involves loose parts/creating a class book using Book Creator.

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